LESSER SOMATIC SELECTION. “Somatic stem cell maintenance mechanisms are likely geared to maximize the probability of reaching reproductive age. Selection, as observed in the germline, would in somatic stem cells lead to rapid attrition and therefore to insufficient tissue maintenance and replacement to be compatible with life up to reproductive age.”
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193459091500209X
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022